Husky Energy posts smaller quarterly loss

The Calgary-based company posted a loss of C$69 million ($51 million), or 9 Canadian cents per share, for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with a loss of C$603 million, or 65 Canadian cents per share, a year earlier.

The year-ago quarter included a non-cash charge of C$622 million related to the impairment of mature assets in western Canada. ($1 = C$1.35) (Reporting by Anet Josline Pinto in Bengaluru and Nia Williams in Calgary; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)